# Accident 20040808024809A: Glasfl H301LIBELLE, Yoder, KS, August 8, 2004

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 8, 2004, 15:46 local time
- Place: Yoder, KS
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.9264° N, 97.9061° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.9264&lon=-97.9061&mi=10
- Aircraft: N25KD, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N25KD-2013-05-09) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Glasflugel H 301 LIBELLE (registry code 3800337, https://openairdocs.org/model/glasflugel-h-301-libelle) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: NONE (registry code 00000, https://openairdocs.org/engine/none) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: GLASFL H301LIBELLE
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,154 total, 11 in this make and model, 57 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI04CA216](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI04CA216) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040808024809A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

(-23) DURING A LOCAL AIRPLANE TOW GLIDER FLIGHT, THE PILOT DISCOVERED THAT HE WAS TOO FAR AWAY FROM HIS INTENDED POINT OF LANDING BECAUSE OF THE LACK OF SUFFICIENT THERMAL ACTIVITY. THE PILOT PICKED A GRASS FIELD BUT THEN DISCOVERED IT WAS A PLOWED AND DISKED FIELD SO HE CHANGED TO ANOTHER FIELD. DURING THE OFF FIELD LANDING THE GLIDER TOUCHED DOWN HARD CRACKING THE FUSELAGE AND DAMAGING THE LANDING GEAR. THE PILOT WAS THE ONLY OCCUPANT AND SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB CHI04CA216](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI04CA216), Aug 8, 2004: Glasflugel H301 (N25KD), Hutchinson, KS, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's improper decision to change the landing area at a low altitude and the inadequate flare that resulted in a hard landing.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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